Practice guidelines and treatment overviews

American Society of Clinical Oncology Practice GuidelinesGuidelines can address specific clinical situations (disease-oriented) or use of approved medical products, procedures or tests (modality-oriented). Using the best available evidence, ASCO expert panels identify and develop practice recommendations for specific areas of cancer care that would benefit from the availability of practice guidelines.

Physician Data Query (PDQ)National Cancer Institute's comprehensive cancer database. It contains peer-reviewed summaries on cancer treatment, screening, prevention, genetics, supportive care, and complementary and alternative medicine; a registry of more than 8,000 open and 19,000 closed cancer clinical trials from around the world; and directories of physicians and professionals who provide genetics services and organizations that provide cancer care.

Treatment options - alternative, complementary and holistic resources

CAM-CancerThe aims of CAM-Cancer project are to build a European authoritative network around complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) in cancer with an international panel of experts in CAM research and/or in cancer care with privileged contacts with cancer organizations. The project's main achievement will be to prepare and disseminate suitable evidence-based information for health professionals in order to help them inform their patients.

Sloan-Kettering - About Herbs, Botanicals and Other ProductsThis site provides objective information for oncologists and health care professionals, including a clinical summary for each agent and details about constituents, adverse effects, interactions and potential benefits or problems. Evaluations of alternative or unproved cancer therapies, as well as products for sexual dysfunction, are included.

Complementary & Alternative TherapiesBritish Columbia Cancer Agency maintains this Web site. The pages are designed to provide objective information for patients and their families, relating to alternative and complementary therapies. Most of the information consists of direct quotations from peer-reviewed books and journal literature.